All press synonyms
press
P p verb press
- feel β to perceive or examine by touch.
- assert β If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- level β having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- wedged β having the shape of a wedge.
- jostle β to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- mass β the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- concreted β constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- afflict β If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- joggle β to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- lay down the law β the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- gunning β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- caseharden β to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- careered β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- firming β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- elbow β The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.
- emphasize β Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.
- comminute β to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- lay β to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- impress β to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- headlining β a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- humping β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- massed β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- impose on β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- weighted β having additional weight.
- get cracking β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- grill β a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- decocted β Simple past tense and past participle of decoct.
- distill β to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
- barrelled β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- clasp β If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- hasting β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- obsecrate β to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- cinching β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- entreat β Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
- hit up β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- impetrate β to obtain by entreaty.
noun press
- weekly β done, happening, appearing, etc., once a week, or every week: a weekly appointment with an analyst.
- correspondents β Plural form of correspondent.
- great deal β to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- ink β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- cupboard β A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- great unwashed β the general public; the populace or masses.